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The J.A. and Kathryn Albertson Foundation is donating $2 million to the Idaho State University College of Technology capital campaign to help renovate a building on the Pocatello campus in which to consolidate some of its career technical education (CTE) ...

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Women currently working in the technology field said that both men and women should mentor girls to encourage them to get into the industry because Idaho will need them to fill jobs. That’s according to a panel of seven women ...

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In an attempt to give humanities students business experience – as well as to teach businesses the value of humanities students – Boise State University has set up Work U, an internship program where students work up to 10 hours ...

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While physical therapy is a decidedly hands-on field, students in Meridian and Pocatello are finding that their professional training is getting a boost from technology. When Idaho State University’s Meridian campus expanded its physical therapy program this year, the school ...

Students at Brigham Young University-Idaho can work directly with companies and governments across the country or even the world without leaving Rexburg. The nonprofit Research & Business Development Center in Rexburg lines up projects with large companies and small, local ...

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High school students in the Magic Valley are participating in apprenticeships to help them learn manufacturing skills. Similar to the software engineering apprenticeship program and the healthcare apprenticeship program the Department of Labor also offers, the manufacturing apprenticeship program – focused ...

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Boise State University is looking for partners for a program that lets employees or customers earn a bachelor’s degree online, paying month-to-month in a model that has raised comparisons to the Netflix movie subscription service. Officials from Boise State’s College ...

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A healthcare apprenticeship program is helping Idaho hospitals obtain some of the skilled workers they need. Similar to the software engineering apprenticeship program, the Idaho Hospital Association, in cooperation with the Department of Labor, provides Idaho employers with tools for ...

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Education will need to change to provide the types of jobs that future employers will need, according to Google’s education policy expert. Jaime Casap, chief education evangelist for Google, was brought in on May 23 by the Idaho Virtual Reality ...

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A software engineering apprenticeship program developed by the Department of Labor and funded by the federal government has placed its first apprentices. “There’s truly a shortage of software talent,” said Dan Puga, president of In Time Tec LLC, in Meridian, ...

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